1. Rick Snodgrass Serious Faith in a Serious World Exodus 2:1-10, Hebrews 11:23

2. Exodus 2:1-2 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

3. 1. Sometimes an act of God is in conflict with the work of men.

4. Exodus 2:3-4 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5. 1. Sometimes an act of God is in conflict with the work of men. 2. Real faith is not stupid faith.

6. Exodus 2:5a Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank.

7. 1. Sometimes an act of God is in conflict with the work of men. 2. Real faith is not stupid faith. 3. I am responsible to plan with open hands.

8. Exodus 2:5b-7 She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”

9. 2. Real faith is not stupid faith. 3. I am responsible to plan with open hands. 4. Sometimes it is more important to lose an argument and win a heart.

10. Exodus 2:8-9 “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.

11. 3. I am responsible to plan with open hands. 4. Sometimes it is more important to loose an argument and win a heart. 5. I can never guess what God has planned.

12. Exodus 2:10a When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son.

13. 4. Sometimes it is more important to loose an argument and win a heart. 5. I can never guess what God has planned. 6. Sometimes the wrong thing is right.

14. Exodus 2:10b She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.

15. 5. I can never guess what God has planned. 6. Sometimes the wrong thing is right. 7. It is almost humorous that I think that I am in charge.

16. Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

17. 6. Sometimes the wrong thing is right. 7. It is almost humorous that I think that I am in charge. 8. A scary time doesn’t mean I have to live in fear.